I don’t do favourites. I have no favourite colour, book, song or wine. However, if I have noticed that in recent years I am drawn to fresher brighter red wines — Mencía from Spain, Blaufrankisch from Austria, Pinot Noirs from almost everywhere, and Nebbiolos from Piedmont.

St Loman’s Mullingar 0-13 Simonstown Gaels 1-8: St Loman’s, Mullingar, came from seven points down to defeat Simonstown Gaels of Navan and reach their first ever Leinster Senior Club final at TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar, yesterday.

A High Court judge has refused a bank's bid to halt an action by a woman alleging a bank manager obtained false income details to support a property investment loan application.

Chaos.

Former Westmeath minor footballer Conor O’Brien might this week be preparing for a Leinster SFC semi-final showdown with Kildare in Croke Park, but instead it’s the World Rugby U20 Championship final.

Hospitals should be fined for failing to deal adequately with the recent surge in emergency department overcrowding, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said.

On Tuesday night Curraheen Park hosted the first of its meetings being beamed live into the betting shops, and from the outside looking in it must be said it went well.

Our long-awaited trial of Irish greyhound racing, going live into thebetting shops, is only a few weeks away and, as a result, there are going to be some changes for the tracks involved.

John Daly’s pub has some sense of humour, we’ll give them that. The Mullingar pub loves its pathway chalkboard with the kind of care you just don’t see these days.

Ever since the distinguished golf course architect Martin Hawtree modified and considerably altered the famous old links in 2001, Lahinch has become a formidable challenge for the game’s finest, whether amateur or professional.

Nurses are to stage a lunchtime protest tomorrow at the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar to highlight overcrowding there.

Health Minister Leo Varadkar has conceded thousands of planned surgeries were cancelled in January in an effort to cope with the daily crisis of overcrowding in emergency departments (EDs).

Niall Horan has been given a lifetime membership to his local golf club.

An obstetric consultant has apologised to a pregnant woman who was incorrectly told this week her baby had been dead for five weeks.

A woman was subjected to a traumatic ordeal when she was held at knifepoint and bundled into the back of her car by two men before being driven away at high speed.

Spurred on by a Conor Cosgrove goal in the opening minute, Garrycastle qualified for the final of the Westmeath SFC with a 1-14 to 0-6 win against Coralstown/Kinnegad at Cusack Park.

Leinster U20s 32 Munster U20s 20

Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice believes that his side would be unlucky to miss out on the Allianz Football League Division 1 semi-finals if they beat Cork in tomorrow’s clash in Tralee (3pm).

Billy Twomey believes his new acquisition, Codarco, has the talent to go all the way, including “possibly” to the Olympics, but he will be taking it one step at a time.

St Loman’s (Westmeath) 1-11 Old Leighlin (Carlow) 1-10

10 teams are celebrating County Senior Football title wins this evening, after today's finals in Cork, Kildare, Galway, Westmeath, Monaghan, Offaly, Cavan, Tyrone, Carlow and Sligo.

Staff made redundant at Marks and Spencers have said they are no longer planning to go on strike.

Staff at four Marks & Spencer stores are being balloted for strike action in a dispute that is threatening to escalate into a nationwide action.

St Oliver Plunkett’s caused a surprise in the Westmeath senior hurling championship when they defeated Raharney in Friday’s game in Cusack Park, Mullingar.

Irish cycling fans have reacted strongly to claims they abused members of Team Sky during last Thursday’s 18th stage of the Tour de France to Alpe d’Huez.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has recorded a 103% rise since 2007 in the number of patients on trolleys at a time when 2,279 hospital beds remain closed.

Westmeath 0-17 Armagh 0-16, Mullingar

A court has been hearing that a 15-year-old boy died when a packed school bus flipped over and crashed in Co Offaly.

I FIND myself drinking rich southern red wines at this time of year in the hope that they will bring a little warmth and sunshine into my life (if only metaphorically).

Ballymun Kickhams (Dublin) 2-13 Mullingar Shamrocks (Westmeath) 0-7

Castlehaven got the better of divisional side Duhallow in a scrappy Cork SFC final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh this afternoon, squeezing home by 1-7 to 0-9.

Mullingar Shamrocks 3-7 St Loman’s Mullingar 1-10

Mullingar will redesign its own currency to honour local man John Joe Nevin's success at the Olympics.

Up to 85 jobs at furniture company Harvey Norman could be affected north and south of the border as part of a business reshuffle.

Ireland U20s captain Niall Scannell warned his Junior World Championship giantkillers that this week’s upset of South Africa will count for nothing against England this evening.

Irish coach Mike Ruddock has called on his pack to stand up to the most potent physical tests in rugby against Italy, England and South Africa at the Junior World Championships.

Ulster’s Paddy Jackson is named in the Ireland U20 squad for next month’s IRB World Junior Championships in South Africa.

EUROPE’S top cross-country runner, Fionnuala Britton will be one of the favourites for the gold medal when she leads the Irish women’s team into next month’s European cross-country championships in Slovenia.

CHAMPIONS Garrycastle remain on course to make it three titles in-a-row after the final round of group games this weekend.